Valerie M. Grubb
Clash of the Generations
Managing the New Workplace Reality
Wiley, 2016
What's inside?
An executive coach offers guidance to managers coping with four different generations in the workforce.
Recommendation
Executive coach Valerie M. Grubb’s slim guide to employee engagement starts with the notion that you can cluster tens of millions of people into four broad categories according to age and then make important management decisions about them. But, to her credit, Grubb goes beyond age cohorts in her advice to managers. She insists throughout that every employee is different and requires individualized care, coaching, feedback and meaningful work. getAbstract finds that her well-researched, well-referenced report offers useful background for HR and leadership newcomers, but reports of outright generational conflict seem a bit exaggerated. And that’s good.
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About the Author
Valerie M. Grubb held executive positions at NBC and now coaches organizations on workforce issues.
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